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FCT, Abuja – A claim that Dr. Hamza Al-Mustapha has been named the new director-general (DG) of the Department of State Services (DSS) has been sighted online.
Al-Mustapha is a Nigerian Army Major and the presidential candidate of the Action Alliance (AA) during the 2023 general elections. The 62-year-old was famous as the Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the former Head of State of Nigeria, the late General Sani Abacha.
Fact check: Did President Bola Tinubu appoint Al-Mustapha as DG DSS?
The claim of the appointment by President Bola Ahmed Tinubu circulating across social media platforms like TikTok and Facebook surfaced on Friday, June 23, 2023.
On Monday, July 10, one Grace Idom wrote on Facebook:
“Bola Ahmed Tinibu Appoint Major Dr. Hamza Al’mustapha As Director General DSS. “The Jagaban is ready to take Nigerian to promise land. On your mandate we shall stand.”
Atiku Dakur and Ahmad Muhammad Usman repeated same claim on the same platform. However, the International Centre for Investigative Reporting (ICIR) has carried out a fact-check where it ruled the claim as false.
